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    Full scale fatigue test performed to the bolster beam of a railway vehicle
    (Springer-Verlag France, 2018-02-01) Gutiérrez-Carvajal, R.E.; Betancur, G.R.; Barbosa, J.; Castañeda, L.F.; Zaja¸c, G.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica; Estudios en Mantenimiento (GEMI)
    Many structural elements are exposed to conditions of load that are difficult to consider during the design stage, such as environment uncertainties, random impacts, overloads and inherent material idealization amongst others, hence, miss-estimating its life-time cycle. One way to test those designs is to construct a representative full-scale specimen and test it under the most critical load conditions in a controlled laboratory. Herein, we present a case of study of the fatigue test performed over a bolster beam redesigned in Universidad EAFIT belonging to a railway vehicle. The test was composed by three stages, each one testing a different load hypothesis. The bolster beam was instrumented at the most critical locations, following the results of a FEM analysis previously computed. As results, the most critical welds were identified and the total damage computed for an equivalent operation of eighteen-years, and also the behaviour of the specimen in presence of extreme longitudinal loads. © 2016, Springer-Verlag France.
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    Full scale fatigue test performed to the bolster beam of a railway vehicle
    (Springer-Verlag France, 2018-02-01) Gutiérrez-Carvajal, R.E.; Betancur, G.R.; Barbosa, J.; Castañeda, L.F.; Zaja¸c, G.; Gutiérrez-Carvajal, R.E.; Betancur, G.R.; Barbosa, J.; Castañeda, L.F.; Zaja¸c, G.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica; Mecatrónica y Diseño de Máquinas
    Many structural elements are exposed to conditions of load that are difficult to consider during the design stage, such as environment uncertainties, random impacts, overloads and inherent material idealization amongst others, hence, miss-estimating its life-time cycle. One way to test those designs is to construct a representative full-scale specimen and test it under the most critical load conditions in a controlled laboratory. Herein, we present a case of study of the fatigue test performed over a bolster beam redesigned in Universidad EAFIT belonging to a railway vehicle. The test was composed by three stages, each one testing a different load hypothesis. The bolster beam was instrumented at the most critical locations, following the results of a FEM analysis previously computed. As results, the most critical welds were identified and the total damage computed for an equivalent operation of eighteen-years, and also the behaviour of the specimen in presence of extreme longitudinal loads. © 2016, Springer-Verlag France.
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    A function to data matrix (FDM) approach for mission variables consideration
    (EDP Sciences, 2017-01-01) Fernández-Montoya, M.; Mejía-Gutierrez, R.; Osorio-Gómez, G.
    Precise control of technical system variables in industrial processes and manned and unmanned missions is critical as their results should be achieved plenty. This takes place in Control Rooms (CR) where Operators make decisions based on the large amount of received data. This work proposes a method for weighting variables of a technical system based on their impact on the mission objectives. The relationships between variables and mission functions are defined using a Function to Data Matrix (FDM) in order to allow Operators to determine their criticality. The proposed method was applied for the mission control of the Racing Solar Vehicle Primavera1 which participated in the World Solar Challenge (WSC) 2013 in Australia.
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    Solar array design based on shadow analysis for increasing net energy collection in a competition vehicle
    (SPIE, 2015-06-08) Osorio-Gómez, G.; Mejía-Gutiérrez, R.; Suárez-Castañeda, N.; Gil-Herrera, A.; Barrera-Velásquez, J.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Diseño; Ingeniería de Diseño (GRID)
    Photovoltaic (PV) applications such as in the architectural, automotive, and aerospace industries face design contradictions because they are expected to produce a lot of energy but are constrained by available area, surface shape, incident irradiance, shadows, and other aspects that have a negative influence on the energy produced by the solar panel. Solar competition vehicles are some of these challenging PVapplications. The design of such solar arrays needs to consider efficiency evaluation in order to optimize space; it is difficult not to install solar modules in areas impacted by shadows. A design procedure for a solar array configuration based on shadow analysis for competition vehicles is presented. The principle is that shadows in moving objects can be simulated, since the vehicle, the earth and the sun are are moving in semipredictable patterns, thus net energy collection can be forecast. The case study presented is the solar array design of a vehicle that participated in the World Solar Challenge 2013. The obtained results illustrate how the employment of the procedure gives insights on important aspects to consider and also delivers qualitative and quantitative information for decision making. In addition, the experience in competition highlights some issues to be considered, modified, or improved in further vehicle designs. © 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.